Andy Hillenburg News

Bobby Labonte to run Busch race at MIS; Bliss to run 2 Cup races:

Bobby Labonte to run Busch race at MIS; Bliss to run 2 Cup races:

May 3, 2004
Bobby Labonte and his long-time sponsor ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced that Labonte will return to the Busch Series for the Cabela's 250 Race on August 21, 2004 at Michigan International Speedway. He will be driving the bright red #19 Banquet Chevrolet featuring the

Bobby Labonte to run Busch race at MIS; Bliss to run 2 Cup races:

Bobby Labonte to run Busch race at MIS; Bliss to run 2 Cup races:

May 3, 2004
Bobby Labonte and his long-time sponsor ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced that Labonte will return to the Busch Series for the Cabela's 250 Race on August 21, 2004 at Michigan International Speedway. He will be driving the bright red #19 Banquet Chevrolet featuring the

Triplett back in NASCAR…on the #80:

Triplett back in NASCAR…on the #80:

April 18, 2004
Andy Hillenburg's #80 Ford is sporting "Kevin Triplett for U.S. Congress" sponsorship on the hood of the Nextel Cup car this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. Triplett, a Republican candidate for Virginia's 9th Congressional District, has hopes to unseat Democratic

#80 gets a sponsor at AMS…..LMS:

#80 gets a sponsor at AMS…..LMS:

March 14, 2004
Lowe's Motor Speedway will sponsor the #80 car of Andy Hillenburg for today's Golden Corral 500. This one-race deal will have Hillenburg's car featuring the May races at Lowe's Motor Speedway, as well as the LMS ticket office number [(800) 455-FANS]. Lowe's Motor Speedway

Field Filler? [yeah is is long, but it interetsed me]:

Field Filler? [yeah is is long, but it interetsed me]:

March 14, 2004
Kirk Shelmerdine went to the rear windshield of his #72 Ford Taurus with a wrench and took a few wedges out of the rear springs. He returned to the front of the car and began working under the hood. Later he jacked up the left side, rolled tires to the hauler and checked

StockCarFans.Com – Ramblings – Atlanta:

StockCarFans.Com – Ramblings – Atlanta:

March 14, 2004
#12-Ryan Newman hasn't got any let up in him.....and I don't guess we should have expected any, huh? Newman grabbed his second Bud pole of the season for Sunday's Golden Corral 500 [Friday] at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and (as is often the case) it wasn't even close.

Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

March 13, 2004
* Ryan Newman won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Bud Pole for the Golden Corral 500, lapping Atlanta Motor Speedway in 28.640 seconds at 193.575 mph. Geoffrey Bodine holds the track-qualifying record of 28.074 seconds, 197.478 mph, set Nov. 15, 1997. * This is Newman's 20th

Newman wins pole at Atlanta:

Newman wins pole at Atlanta:

March 12, 2004
#12-Ryan Newman was the first driver out to qualify and held on thru the other 43 attempts to win the pole with a speed of 193.575mph at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Golden Corral 500. It is Newman's 20th pole in his 84th start. It is Newman's third straight pole

Bodine still looking:

Bodine still looking:

February 26, 2004
Brett Bodine, who was networking the paddock for work during the first two Nextel Cup events of the season, is trying to keep his unsponsored team from going out of business. "I'm looking to do whatever I can do," Bodine said in the Feb. 19 issue of NASCAR Scene. "

More on the Field Fillers:

More on the Field Fillers:

February 24, 2004
#80-Andy Hillenburg, who failed to qualify Junie Donlavey's #90-car at Daytona (although he made a little money in the 125), made the field in Stan Hover's long-shot car here and did best among the irregulars, finishing 34th. You might also consider #14-Larry Foyt (

More on Field Fillers:

More on Field Fillers:

February 23, 2004
NASCAR’s John Darby declared here that there was no contractual provision requiring Nextel Cup fields to sport a full 43-car allottment at each event, but the governing body is obviously mounting a major effort to get enough cars to each track to fulfill such

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Rockingham:

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Rockingham:

February 23, 2004
Since Matt Kenseth is one of the "Gillette Young Guns" we'll say he won by a whisker! That close shave had to help, cause Kenseth won today's Subway 400 at North Carolina Speedway by the whopping margin of .010 seconds over Kasey Kahne. With less than 10 laps to go

Droppin’ out early….ya think? UPDATE:

Droppin’ out early….ya think? UPDATE:

February 22, 2004
#09-Joe Ruttman, #80-Andy Hillenburg, #46-Carl Long and #72-Kirk Shelmerdine aren't here [Rockignham] to race. They're here to make sure there were 43 cars to line up for the start. If they go out early because of a "vibration," it'll be their pagers vibrating to tell

Long earns his ‘purse’. loses his only Cup car:

Long earns his ‘purse’. loses his only Cup car:

February 22, 2004
The most spectacular wreck of the race involved #46-Carl Long, one of the four "field-fillers" in the event, who walked away unhurt after flipping his car almost six times down the backstretch. Long was bumped from behind by #01-Joe Nemechek on lap 263 and the contact

Brett Bodine/Jimmy Spencer at the Rock:

Brett Bodine/Jimmy Spencer at the Rock:

February 21, 2004
Cup veteran Brett Bodine was among the interested observers in the garage area Friday. Bodine's 480th career start came last June at Michigan International Speedway, where he qualified his Ford, then suffered a broken collarbone during a crash in practice and had to